Fanime announced ROOKiEZ is PUNK'D on their Twitter account and through their @FanimeMusicFest account as well, I'm guessing they didn't send out mass e-mails or announced it on FB?

@Frieght: Have you considered Sakura Con in Seattle? I've heard good things about it the last few years from friends that have gone. I'm planning to skip Fanime next year to go and honestly I think my days at Fanime are through

We discussed the ROOKiEZ is PUNK'D reveal a bit on our podcast recording today. It's weird how there's still no wide announcement of a band that headlined a series that was part of the re-awakening of anime in pop culture. This is something I'd expect more flair in the reveal.

I would like to go to Sakura-Con, but the money and days off are never in the same place at the same time for me. Though I'm not planning on going back to Fanime next year either. I've had a very aggressive convention schedule for someone not paid to be at them, and I'm trying to find the gems and weed out the worse ones. Unfortunately, the aggressive nature of Fanime's hotel registration reaching SDCC levels doesn't make me want to do it anymore.

They actually used Hall G last year in South Hall and it worked out really well I thought...the acoustics and sound mixing were actually pretty well done. Hall A was used in 2009 and I thought it was just awful an the sound mixing was just bad

Glad to hear that it work out sound wise.
How was the setting? Were they flat, fold
out chairs like in 2009? (-_-)

I have a feeling this "major" GoH announcement is their first musical GoH (Starmarie is an industry guest, so there is a difference in that). It's going to be a hit or miss on this one. Also AX officially announced their fashion show. I'm not into the whole entire J-fashion scene, so that's an automatic pass for me.

What the hell...I shouldn't be surprised, considering the negative circumstances that AX is dealing with both financially and from a reputation standpoint, but sheesh...I am disappoint. Oh how I wish that Lattanzio and El Presidente never happened to AX so that the con wasn't in a precarious financial state nor its reputation soured among the industry

What the hell...I shouldn't be surprised, considering the negative circumstances that AX is dealing with both financially and from a reputation standpoint, but sheesh...I am disappoint. Oh how I wish that Lattanzio and El Presidente never happened to AX so that the con wasn't in a precarious financial state nor its reputation soured among the industry

Unfortunately, the technology for time travel doesn't exist yet in our time.

But let me know. if you ever do see a converted silver DeLorean car from 1985, and there's a kid named "Marty", and a crazy white haired scientist named "Doc" driving it.

And do let me know too, if you ever do see a British police box, and a person with a British accent, who answers to "Dr. Who" comes out of it.